Sunday Scribblings: Invisible

I would bet that most people, given the power of invisibility, would spy on friends, family, co-workers, in order to gain information for their own gain. I think that sounds like simple human nature.

Right now, given that power, I would use it to be at one with myself. There is just so much noise in my life right now, some many directions to be pulled, so many hands out begging for my time, money, interest... given the ability, I'd hole up for a few days and just be alone with my thoughts and craft room. That is how I would make a difference for myself. Simple, selfish quiet.

To make a difference for others, I would wander the streets and quietly help those I could help. Maybe whisper words of encouragement into strangers' ears, or listen, truly listen, to what their needs are, and figure out a way to help them. In fact, I'd love to spend some time as the "voice" that lives on the shoulder of a few of my students, to help guide them and support them. So many of them seem to have no one who really pushes them towards greatness on a daily basis, no one to remind them that they are capable of anything if they simply try, no one in their corner, always rooting for them... but they have plenty of people to plop them on the couch to watch TV, or to shove a game controller in their hands.

Does it make me boring that I don't have the ability to come up with a grandiose plan for travel, or anything else? Right now I just crave the quiet and the time to help others the way I want to help, and not the way I am forced to help.